There is a poker venue that is a 20 minute drive away that I was once a regular at. A friend has run the game for the last couple of years now. I stopped playing there regularly about 6 months ago and hadn't played in 3 months. I was well overdue for a return and tomorrow being a Public Holiday, seemed an ideal place to play.
I was a regular here once mainly to support my friend, but there were a few drawbacks that stopped me playing there. - It is a drive away and I prefer venues I can walk to, the game has a 'bounty' gimmick whereby a raffle is drawn and if you win, you win a bounty (I wish regular nightly payouts were propped up a little instead of having a jackpot determined by chance), the blind levels are very short and rise steeply and the crowd is very young (I find older players easier to read).
One of the highlights of this venue is the Smoked Salmon Caesar Salad and it was one of the venues main drawcards. That said, I was very disappointed with todays. The caesar sauce was watery, they stopped using fancy lettuce and instead used lots of plain shaved lettuce and put on a little grated cheese in place of the generous slices they used to dress it with.
Another annoying factor today was that the club have now set up a children's playground adjacent to the poker area, and where in the past there was a music jukebox, now this is replaced by screaming 6-year-olds going down slippery dips - my gripe was not that kids were having fun, it was more about our proximity to them.
The game itself was equally disappointing to me. I ended up being a bounty but far from capitalised - I flopped a flush when my opponent flopped a higher flush, then my 88 ran into JJ to ensure my early night. Whilst I wish my friend success in his business, It may well be another 3 months before I play there again.
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